title: Evaluation of the quality of HLA antibodies in placental blood.
abstract: Two groups of blood samples, placental blood and female donor blood, were shown to have a frequency of 16.4 and 1.5% of anti-human leucocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies respectively. The specificities and qualities of these antibodies were further characterized by their relative coefficient (r) values and strength indices (SIs). Most had an r value of approximately one, but their SIs varied from 41 to 100%. Among these two groups, nine samples gave very strong and definite results (r = 1 and SI = 100%). Data analysis revealed that the qualities of the two groups were comparable. However, the antibody positive rate was higher in placental blood samples than that in donor blood samples.
authors.affiliation: Taichung Blood Centre, Chinese Blood Services Foundation, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001782:Blood Donors; D000939:Epitopes; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000098:blood supply / Q000276:immunology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens